Microsoft has comissioned six brand-new typefaces which they plan to use in Longhorn and future software products. The fonts were specifically designed for reading on-screen using ClearType.

The new ClearType Font Collection incorporates improved ClearType and OpenType technologies, and a boatload of research, to improve the structure and the clarity of the letter forms. Basically, that means a story will be easier to read because the letters and words won’t be as soft and mushy looking.

Mac users will be left out in the cold, however, as Apple has declined to license them for use in their software products, including Mac OS X.

To see the fonts, click the link below.